NSS 3.15.3 release notes¶

Introduction ¶

Network Security Services (NSS) 3.15.3 is a patch release for NSS 3.15. The bug fixes in NSS 3.15.3 are described in the “Bugs Fixed” section below.

Distribution Information ¶

The HG tag is NSS_3_15_3_RTM. NSS 3.15.3 requires NSPR 4.10.2 or newer.

NSS 3.15.3 source distributions are also available on ftp.mozilla.org for secure HTTPS download:

Source tarballs: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss/releases/NSS_3_15_3_RTM/src/

Security Advisories ¶

The following security-relevant bugs have been resolved in NSS 3.15.3. Users are encouraged to upgrade immediately.

Bug 925100 - (CVE-2013-1741) Ensure a size is <= half of the maximum PRUint32 value
Bug 934016 - (CVE-2013-5605) Handle invalid handshake packets
Bug 910438 - (CVE-2013-5606) Return the correct result in CERT_VerifyCert on failure, if a verifyLog isn’t used

New in NSS 3.15.3 ¶

New Functionality ¶

No new major functionality is introduced in this release. This release is a patch release to address CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-5605 and CVE-2013-5606.

Bugs fixed in NSS 3.15.3 ¶

Bug 850478 - List RC4_128 cipher suites after AES_128 cipher suites
Bug 919677 - Don’t advertise TLS 1.2-only ciphersuites in a TLS 1.1 ClientHello

A complete list of all bugs resolved in this release can be obtained at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=FIXED&classification=Components&query_format=advanced&target_milestone=3.15.3&product=NSS

NSS 3.15.3 shared libraries are backward compatible with all older NSS 3.x shared libraries. A program linked with older NSS 3.x shared libraries will work with NSS 3.15.3 shared libraries without recompiling or relinking. Furthermore, applications that restrict their use of NSS APIs to the functions listed in NSS Public Functions will remain compatible with future versions of the NSS shared libraries.

Feedback ¶

Bugs discovered should be reported by filing a bug report with bugzilla.mozilla.org (product NSS).